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Patriots Triumph! Steelers' Playoff Miracle, Bitcoin Surge · Sunny Mornings Boston

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  Good morning and a warm welcome to your show,
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  Sunny Mornings in Boston. I'm your host, Melissa,
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  and it's Monday, January 5th. You'll be interested
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  to know. 317 years ago, today in 1709, Europe's
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  coldest winter in 500 years began to take hold.
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  It would kill hundreds of thousands of people,
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  make travel and trade nearly impossible. and
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  disrupt two wars. Plematologists are still trying
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  to understand the cause of what became known
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  as the Great Frost. So now you know. And now,
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  it's time for the weather report. This morning
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  it's mostly sunny and it feels like 5 degrees
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  with 7 mile per hour wind. The sunset will take
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  place at 426 and it will rise again tomorrow
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  at 7 -11. It looks like we're in for some mostly
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  cloudy skies today, with a high near 27 and a
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  light southwest wind at 3 to 7 miles per hour,
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  plus a chance of snow this afternoon. Tonight.
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  Expect snow likely before 10 p .m., with a low
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  around 24 and light winds from the south. For
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  all you beach runners out there, the first low
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  tide Monday will be at 6. with a high tide at
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  1215. The nearshore gooey at Cape Cod Bay reads
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  38 degrees for the water temperature. Looking
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  ahead in the weather, Tuesday will be mostly
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  cloudy with a high near 39 and a slight chance
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  of afternoon rain with north winds around five
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  miles per hour. Rain becomes likely Tuesday night
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  into Wednesday morning, with lows near 33 and
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  Wednesday warming to around 45, under breezy
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  west winds near 7 miles per hour. Thursday is
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  sunny, with a high near 45 before rain chances.
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  Return late Thursday night into Friday, with
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  Friday highs near 49. Bonjour, food enthusiasts!
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  coffee. They are open every day from 8 to 5.
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  So stop on by and don't forget to tell them.
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  Sunny mornings send you. In local news, the Massachusetts
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  Bay Transportation Authority will not be running
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  commuter rail to or from North Station most weekends
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  through April. From January through April, trains
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  will be suspended on several weekends to allow
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  for necessary signal improvement work, according
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  to Kiilas, which operates the commuter rail for
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  the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.
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  The project will replace an obsolete signal system.
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  which controls the flow of commuter rail and
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  Amtrak trains, with a new microprocessor system
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  that requires less maintenance. Riders should
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  budget extra time if relying on the subway or
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  shuttle buses during this period. Now onto sports.
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  Those who tuned into the Sunday night football
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  matchup between the Ravens and Steelers last
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  night, ended the regular season with a treat,
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  as the two AFC North rivals went blow -for -blow,
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  resulting in the Steelers escaping with a 26
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  -24 win and the AFC North crown. How they got
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  there, though, might have been an act of divine
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  intervention. Ravens kicker Tyler Loop sliced
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  a kick wide right of the uprights as time expired,
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  gifting the Steelers the win and answering the
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  prayers of many Steelers faithful. Prior to the
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  game, a priest was seen blessing an end zone
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  with holy water, the same end zone where Loop's
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  missed field goal try occurred. With this victory,
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  Pittsburgh secured the last remaining ticket
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  to the 2025 NFL playoffs. Pittsburgh will defend
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  home turf against the Houston Texans on January
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  13th in the wild card round. And now the NFL
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  playoff picture is heating up with six wild -card
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  matchups showcasing thrilling drama. The Packers
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  and Bears rivalry resumes after splitting recent
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  games, while the Bills face Jackson Bills' league
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  -leading defense. Justin Herbert seeks his first
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  playoff win against a Patriots team that finished
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  second in the AFC. The Texans arrive in Pittsburgh,
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  riding a nine -game winning streak. And with
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  Matthew Stafford making an MV key case, the Rams
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  aim to rebound against the Panthers in local
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  sports. Last season, when the Patriots faced
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  the Los Angeles Chargers, New England trudged
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  off following a 40 -7 loss in one of its final
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  games before Mike Vrabel was hired as coach.
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  After Vrabel led the Patriots from worst to first
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  in the ASC East, New England will host the Chargers
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  again this time in the playoffs. Ramondre Stevenson
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  ran for two touchdowns and caught another from
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  most valuable player contender Drake May as the
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  Patriots completed their remarkable turnaround
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  season with a 38 -10 win over the Miami Dolphins
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  on Sunday. The Patriots finished 14 -3, their
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  most victories since they won the Super Bowl
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  to cap that 2016 season. They will be the number
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  two seed and host the seven seeded chargers in
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  the wild card round next weekend. In top news,
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  going meat -free for just a few weeks can trigger
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  surprising changes, from gut bacteria shifts
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  to lower cholesterol. Research suggests that
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  brief periods without meat can lead to weight
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  loss, improved heart health, and changes in gut
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  and immune systems. Replacing calorie -dense
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  meats with fiber -rich plant foods can help reduce
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  overeating and promote weight loss. Studies indicate
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  that vegetarian diets can lower blood pressure
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  and cholesterol levels, reducing the risk of
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  heart disease. Additionally, early findings suggest
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  that a plant -based diet may enhance immune function.
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  However, experts caution that smart food choices
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  are essential for optimal health. In business
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  news, stocks finished trading on Friday with
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  the Dow Jones Industrial Average leading the
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  major indexes higher to open the new year, as
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  investors began to evaluate the 2026 landscape.
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  For the holiday -abbreviated week, the blue -chip
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  Dow gained 319 points, or 0 .66%. The benchmark
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  Standard & Poor's 500 picked up 0 .2%. while
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  the tech -heavy Nasdaq composite finished just
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  below the flatline. The first full week of trading
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  in 2026 will see economic data get back on track
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  after last year's disruption. The December jobs
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  report is expected to show a slowdown in hiring,
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  with non -farm payrolls projected to grow by
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  55 ,000. In crypto movement, Bitcoin is up 5
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  % over the weekend to $93 ,000. Ethereum is up
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  6 % to just over 3 ,000. And XRP is up 14 % to
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  $2 .15. Moving on to a more local vibe. In our
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  community spotlight on health and wellness, we
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  are working with a national Pilates studio to
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  bring you some free classes, so listen up. Check
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  out Club Pilates with several locations in the
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  Boston area. Pilates presents a comprehensive
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  wellness approach, cultivating strength, reducing
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  tension, and elevating mental well -being. Scientific
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  research affirms its benefits. So now you can
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  check out Club Pilates for a free class. With
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  locations in Canton, Wellesley, Hingham, Brookline,
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  and Framingham, just be sure to tell them Sunny
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  Morning sent you by. And now, back to the show.
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  Let's talk science. Scientists have just measured
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  the mass of a rogue planet about the same size
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  as Saturn for the first time. These planets drift
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  through interstellar space without a star, making
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  them challenging to study. Led by Subodhan of
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  Peking University, the research team analyzed
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  how the planet's gravity bent light from a distant
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  star. This microlensing event was observed from
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  both Earth and the now -retired Gaia Space Observatory.
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  The study marks a breakthrough for understanding
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  these mysterious cosmic bodies, with hopes for
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  further research using NASA's Nancy Grace Roman
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  Space Telescope, set to launch in September.
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  William H. Macy, one of the stars of Dan Fogelman's
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  upcoming NFL drama on Hulu, pulled the curtain
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  a bit on the series, which had been shrouded
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  in secrecy. Macy revealed the title and setting
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  of the anticipated series, saying it's about
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  a football team, nominally the Cleveland Browns.
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  It's called The Land, because that's what people
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  from Cleveland call it. He expressed his excitement,
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  stating, The plots are so profound, and I'm having
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  the time of my life. The series features Chris
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  Maloney as the head coach, with Macy playing
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  the team owner. Macy added, the NFL is completely
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  behind our show, so we've got complete access.
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  Well, all righty, folks. It's time for the quote
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  of the day. And today, our quote comes from the
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  American inventor and visionary, Buckminster
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  Fuller. And he said, And that's a wrap for this
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  morning. You can check out our Instagram, YouTube,
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  and TikTok for some captivating aerial videos
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  with local news and the weather reports. Had
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  an amazing day, my good friends. We'll see you
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  tomorrow with another episode of Sunny Mornings
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  in Boston.